2022 Château Grillet

97 POINTS

Nicolas Greinacher - Vinous

The 2022 Château-Grillet is a masterpiece of elegance, with crystalline aromas of jasmine, lemon flesh, cedar, verbena tea and white flowers. It dances on the palate with precision and nuanced detail. A phenolic kick adds freshness to the laser-focused, incredibly long finish. Ethereal and light on its feet, the 2022 defies the hot growing season, delivering a one-of-a-kind Viognier experience.

97 POINTS

Nicolas Greinacher - Vinous

I tasted various samples that will compose the final blend of the 2022 Château-Grillet. Crafted from just-ripe fruit harvested between the 24th and 27th of August, the towering potential of this wine cannot be ignored. Offering a stylistic cross between the flamboyant 2019 and the finesse-driven 2020, the 2022 Château-Grillet is shaping up to be a serious Viognier. Clocking in at 14% alcohol, roughly one degree below the 2019, it exhibits a wide array of citrus and stone fruits, floral notes as well as tropical nuances. On the palate, the 2022 dazzles with mind-boggling purity of fruit while retaining focus and freshness. Points: 96-98

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Yohan Castaing - Robert Parker Wine Advocate

The 2022 Chateau Grillet comes from one of the estate's earliest harvests, with grapes picked on 27 August. Evoking a complex, elegant bouquet of almond blossoms, exotic notes, violet, white flowers, ripe pear and spices, it's followed by a full-bodied, dense and rich palate with some purity, a racy spine, a fleshy core of fruit and a long, pure finish accented by delicate dry extracts and gastronomic bitterness. Exceptionally saline and ethereal, this vintage captures the satiny elegance of this renowned terroir, offering a notably tense and pure profile typical of early harvests in Condrieu. Whether this signifies a shift toward a more refined style or reflects the characteristics of the vintage will become more evident in the ensuing years. This vintage would benefit from 2 to 3 years in the cellar to fully develop its potential.